The grief that occurs after the loss of someone through suicide may feel different than grief after other types of loss. The feelings of loss, sadness, and loneliness that are common to anyone grieving are often more intense following loss through suicide.
1. acquired taste-a preference that is only acquired after considerable experience; martinis are an acquired taste. penchant, preference, taste, predilection-a strong liking; my own preference is for good literature; the Irish have a penchant for blarney.
1. to come into possession or ownership of; get as one's own. 2. to gain for oneself through one's actions or efforts: to acquire learning. 3. to gain through experience of or exposure to something: an acquired taste. 4. Ling. to achieve native or nativelike command of (a language or a linguistic rule or element).